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Arms and the Man

Arms and the Man

by Shaw, Bernard, 1856-1950

BookID: 3618

Language:English

Reading Level:Reading ease score: 85.4 (6th grade). Easy to read.

Copyright Status:Public domain in the USA.

War -- DramaLove -- DramaMan-woman relationships -- DramaSerbo-Bulgarian War, 1885 -- Drama

Description

"Arms and the Man" by George Bernard Shaw is a comedy first produced in 1894. Set during the Serbo-Bulgarian War, the play follows Raina, an idealistic young Bulgarian woman engaged to a battlefield hero, whose romantic notions are challenged when a pragmatic Swiss mercenary takes refuge in her bedroom. Shaw humorously exposes the futility of war and the hypocrisies of human nature as characters grapple with the gap between romantic ideals and reality, leading to unexpected revelations and shifting allegiances. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

Class:PR: Language and Literatures: English literature

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